Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 6, sentence 70

The explanation of this appears to be that the devils of European folk-lore have nothing in common with the rebellious angels of Miltonic theology beyond their vague denomination; nor can any but a nominal resemblance be traced between their chiefs or "grandfathers" and the thunder-smitten but still majestic "Lucifer, Son of the Morning."

Who acts: explanation, devils, this · What happens: appear, be, any, trace, smite, explain · To what, where: nominal resemblance, Lucifer

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (explanation, devils, this), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 explanation	det
2	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 appears	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 this	case
4	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 explanation	nmod
5	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	16 have	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 have	cop
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 have	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 devils	det
10	devils	devil	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 have	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 lore	case
12	European	European	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 lore	amod
13	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lore	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 folk	punct
15	lore	lore	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 devils	nmod
16	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 appears	advcl
17	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	16 have	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 common	case
19	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 nothing	amod
20	with	with	ADP	_	23 angels	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 angels	det
22	rebellious	rebellious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 angels	amod
23	angels	angel	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 common	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 theology	case
25	Miltonic	miltonic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 theology	amod
26	theology	theology	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 angels	nmod
27	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	30 denomination	case
28	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 denomination	nmod:poss
29	vague	vague	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 denomination	amod
30	denomination	denomination	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 theology	nmod
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 any	punct
32	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	34 any	cc
33	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 any	aux
34	any	any	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 appears	parataxis
35	but	but	CCONJ	_	40 traced	cc
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 resemblance	det
37	nominal	nominal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 resemblance	amod
38	resemblance	resemblance	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 traced	nsubj:pass
39	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	40 traced	aux:pass
40	traced	trace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 any	conj
41	between	between	ADP	_	43 chiefs	case
42	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 chiefs	nmod:poss
43	chiefs	chief	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 traced	obl
44	or	or	CCONJ	_	46 grandfathers	cc
45	"	"	PUNCT	_	46 grandfathers	punct
46	grandfathers	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 chiefs	conj
47	"	"	PUNCT	_	46 grandfathers	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 smitten	cc
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 smitten	det
50	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 smitten	compound
51	-	-	PUNCT	_	50 thunder	punct
52	smitten	smite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	40 traced	conj
53	but	but	CCONJ	_	55 majestic	cc
54	still	still	ADV	_	55 majestic	advmod
55	majestic	majestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 smitten	conj
56	"	"	PUNCT	_	57 Lucifer	punct
57	Lucifer	Lucifer	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 smitten	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 Son	punct
59	Son	Son	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 Lucifer	conj
60	of	of	ADP	_	62 Morning	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 Morning	det
62	Morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 Son	nmod
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 appears	punct
64	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 appears	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	appear	present	the explanation of this			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	the devils of European folk lore		have property	tree rules
3	any	can				tree rules
4	trace	infinitive · passive		a nominal resemblance	between spirits's chiefs or grandfathers	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
5	smite	participle		Lucifer and Son of the Morning		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6	explain		this			nom explanation «communication intransitive»: of=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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